Main Topic:

50 YEARS SKOPJE EARTHQUAKE,
50 YEARS ASEISMIC DESIGN

Some events remain permanently etched in human memory. Such is the case with the Skopje earthquake of 1963. Event that caused a shift in construction engineering not only in Macedonia and former Yugoslavia, but much wider. MASE marks the 50th anniversary of the earthquake devoting his 15th international symposium to quality design and construction, retrofit, structural repair, monitoring and maintance of structures as the basic prerequisite for protection against natural disasters.

In cooperation with the Chamber of certified architects and certified engineers of Republic of Macedonia, round-table conference: “Certificates - rights and responsibilities“ will be organized within the framework of the Symposium.

Invited Speakers

Peter Mark

Monitoring and Maintenance Strategies for Aged Engineering Structures

Michael Fardis

Seismic Design and Assessment Of Concrete Structures in the fib Model Code 2010

Predrag L. Popovic

Common Causes of Structural Failures

Structural Repairs and Strengthening Techniques for Concrete Structures

Miha Tomaževič

Seismic Retrofit of Existing Masonry Buildings: What did We Learn in The Past Decades?

Paulo B. Lourenço

Modern Masonry Structures and Earthquakes: Reinforced or Unreinforced?

Viktor Markelj

Footbridges – Some Case Studies

Gyorgy Balazs

Potentials in Use of Externally Bonded and Near Surface Mounted Strengthening Methods for Concrete Structures

Rüdiger Höffer

Engineering and Constructional Approaches for the Mitigation of Wind Risks of Buildings and Infrastructures

Carlos Ventura

Performance-Based Design of Seismic Retrofit of School Buildings in British Columbia, Canada

Darko Beg

Rib-Stiffened and Cover-Plate Full Strength Connections in Steel Frames for Seismic Applications

Vlastimir Radonjanin

Repair of Fire Damaged RC Structures

Suput Jerneja Strupi

Review of Construction Products Regulation

Gianmarco de Felice

Structural issues from 2009/12 earthquakes in Italy and new trends in strengthening existing structures

Scientific Committee

In alphabetical order:

  • Sande Atanasovski, Macedonia
  • Gyorgy Balazs, Hungary
  • Erol Çokça, Turkey
  • Petar Cvetanovski, Macedonia
  • Elena Dumova-Jovanoska, Macedonia
  • Michael Fardis, Greece
  • Mihail Garevski, Macedonia
  • Vladimir Gocevski, Canada
  • Rüdiger Höffer, Germany
  • Jachko Ivanov, Bulgaria
  • Ivan Jakimov, Bulgaria
  • Paulo Lourenço, Portugal
  • Peter Mark, Germany
  • Viktor Markelj, Slovenia
  • Dusan Najdanović, Serbia
  • Golubka Necevska-Cvetanovska, Macedonia
  • Tihomir Nikolovski, Macedonia
  • Niko Pojani, Albania
  • Predrag Popovic, USA
  • Jure Radić, Croatia
  • Vlastimir Radonjanin, Serbia
  • Miha Tomaževič, Slovenia
  • Mladen Ulicevic, Montenegro

Organizing Committee

  • Goran Markovski
  • Veronika Sendova
  • Vilos Ilios
  • Meri Cvetkovska
  • Grozde Aleksovski
  • Marjana Popovska
  • Aleksandar Belev
  • Blaze Panov
  • Siljan Mihajlovski
  • Sailu Teki